not in ukraine but outside of ukraine. united states does not have any trainers in ukraine. some of the things that may have been in the media, those are planning efforts underway at a relatively low level have not yet made it into the secretary or myself for refinement or courses of action in what is needed. at the end of the day any reintroduction of u.s. forces into the ukraine would require presidential decisions. we are a ways away from anything like that. we are still developing courses of action and none of that has been presented yet to the secretary. >> thank you. i want to read a question president biden. on his trip in asia. he was asked you did not want to get involved in the ukrainian conflict. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that, and his answer was yes, that is the commitment we made. the reason i want to read the question is it indicates the u.s. is prepared to do more to defend taiwan than what the u.s. is already doing to help ukraine defend against the invasion from russia, which it has provided a tremendous amoun

ukraine is the winner- of the eurovision song contest 2022! congratulations, ukraine! what an evening! what a result! ukraine is the winner. all this noise is for you right now. so happy for you. you're all here, so, i hand you the trophy. lift it up. you deserve it. and if you want to say something, this is the moment. thank you so much. thank you for supporting ukraine. this victory is for every ukrainian. slava ukraini! cheering and applause. slava is back from the frontline. i took the chance to catch up with him. with mission accomplished, kalush orchestra makes thejourney home. just two months ago, this border crossing with poland was a place where hundreds and thousands of ukrainian refugees came to flee from war. but the mood here today is one of celebration. even the guards come bearing gifts and want their photos with the european winners. uplifting music plays. cheering and applause. the band have come up with an ingenious way to directly help the war effort. russia's invasion has changed our country and the world but kalush orchestra has given all ukrainian

but it's not accurate to say that ukraine is on its own. ukraine has enormous support. ukraine is getting a huge amount of political, economic, and military support from nato countries. even though a decision has been made correct in my mind, not to escalate not to put boots on the ground, not to enforce the no fly zone. because that would mean war between nato and russia back could need world war 3. now, you mentioned that need to supposedly being very deliberate not to, you know, make provocative gestures towards russia and just the other day american secretaries of defense and state met with some of their allies at the american military base in germany to discuss the possible supplies of weapons, which are going to be used against the russian army. now, i know that you advise president obama on european affairs, so i'm sure you understand implications and sort of historic associations, annotations of anyone meeting at a military base in germany to discuss the supply of arms to be used against the regular russian army. do you understand how dangerous it could be? i mean, i'm asking you

how do you see ukraine in the future? what is your wish for ukraine in the future? >> thank you this question. complex yet simple one and a very specific one. in war we are already thinking about the ukraine of today. the morning passes for me with getting the numbers of those who were killed. unfortunately, according to the statistics, we've got 87 dead buddies, 87 victims today just today. the future of ukraine [indiscernible] instead of going into emotions, i can tell you are country is losing a lot. today and every day. it makes us stronger. we wage the people's fight for the nation and its future and definitely the victory is awaiting us ahead. i'm sure we will be victorious with a unified people, unified by this victory and we have resolved to be that strong and we will be a strong nation where the specific security priorities . with a neighbor like this, anything can happen at any time in the war may repeat itself. in a way, we have to create such conditions that people of businesses would not be afraid to exist in this country, to take an example of israel.

for the civilians here in ukraine? brent: and indeed, putin gave no clarity at all today on his intentions. what do we know about the latest on the fighting that we are seeing in the south on the east of ukraine? report: the fighting and the rockets that ukraine has seen over the last week and also today, the queion is really, what is the victory right now? what is the symbolic victory that everybody was looking at that vladimir putin may pronounce, which he didn't buy their way today, but then again, what would prevent him from saying that mariupol is under russian victory? the victory was declared on april 21. but when it comes to the as of steel plant, where ch of the focus has been in the last week as ukrnian soldiers are holed up there, everyones wondering in which phase the ongoing fighting is revolvinground the control of the steellant. it is just one part of the focus here in mariupol. the president of the european council was visiting odessa today when he had to seek shelter as well. so even though the fightin

for ukraine. the 1st lady's maid time to help the children make mother's day cards. a shooting. the poor health was for ludo people and the 9 states stay late with the brutality of this war was once again brought front and center. when a russian air strike flattened his school in the village of below go rifka near lou hans around 90. people were believed to be sheltering here. rescuers pulled 30 survivors from the rebel. but some 60 people perished. listen, i'm in chief canadian prime minister justin trudeau made a surprise appearance meeting with ukraine's president for lot of music lensky to talk trade to bolster ukraine's economy. but he also visited some residential areas hit by russian attacks. we began our day to day with a visit to ear pin, or i witnessed firsthand the brutality of rushes, illegal war of neighborhoods. battered homes destroyed. it is clear. the vladimir putin is responsible for heinous war crimes. there must be accountability. canada will support ukraine as you seek justice

once again, underscore us support for ukraine as that ongoing invasion by russia. ukraine continues. so the timing of this is certainly no accident, of course, as russia commemorates victory day, this is something that is being done, this signing that is set to take place any moment. now, here at the white house is being done to once again send a message that the united states is united squarely against russia's invasion of ukraine. we should point out that this is a program that is not new in the united states. in fact, it was 1st put in place in 941 and was seen as really turning the tide ed decisively, in the a western allies favor. and this is something that is hoped that as it is revived in 2022 can be done again. as ukraine fights for its sovereignty, and really for the future of its country, according to the biden administration. so that is what the purpose of this is, again, the timing no accident. the u. s. president. set to sign that at any moment into law. and as you point out, what this would do essentially is allow for the united states to expedite it's support in terms

earlier, he told me why he thinks ukraine needs help. so gently. ukraine has only one chance to win. this is with western support. and if ukraine fails, then also modal will follow and the baltic states. so we defend our freedom there and therefore ukraine needs every support they need. if we won't do that, the next step would be mode over. so it is an urgent need to really show an over arching support. not only bipartisan and germany, or from the whole european union and nato, for you print. now, before i let you go, after everything that you personally witnessed in ukraine and do you think the country is in a position to win this war? well, i met very motivated politicians, very motivated, mayor's glitch core and also the mayor of milton. and i saw people who were so optimistic that with the support from germany and other countries, they have a chance to win 100 thousands of civilians were killed, murdered, thousands of children were murdered and civilian targets were destroyed. and the army is really fighting a brave for and they need

she visited ukraine. she said it is all about time, the speed of getting these arms to ukraine, as we have seen in the east. the intensity of fighting every day. this will allow the government, businesses to work toward that end without some of those bureaucratic hoops they would have to jump through. marc: david smith, the guardians bureau chief there in washington joined us a little earlier with that news and analysis about joe biden signing that law on that land lease which makes sending military supplies now more streamlined, easier getting into ukraine. time for sports. selena joins us with some football transfer news and it does not get any bigger than this one. the super kid playing in german football. reporter: he has been linked to manchester city for sometime now and it is understood that the move is nearly a done deal. german media saying a reported 63 million pounds could be confirmed in a matter of days. it would be one of the biggest transfers of the summer. they are close to winning a succe

we have been flooding arms into ukraine. we should be seeking peace, rather than seeking to prolong the, the conflict. there are few ways of becoming wealthier, faster and easier than to start a war and to bleed off profits from of, from war, from the arms industry. tremendous dr. by the, the war industrialists to produce arms and to, to, to create a level of war, hysteria that will produce of markets for their, for their arms. the british prime minister, meanwhile, has announced a further $375000000.00 worth of military support to kiev during non historic address ukraine's parliament. boris johnson encourage the country to keep fighting, siding, quote, ukraine finest hour. the remote speech was the 1st by a foreign leader to the country's rabbit. since the conflict began, i can a nice today from the u. k. government, a new package of support totaling 300000000 pounds, including radars, to pinpoint the artillery, bombarding your cities. heavy lift drones to supply your forces and thousands of night vision devices. we will ca

and ukraine. we have to understand that militarize in ukraine is going to prolong the war. it is going to damage ukraine. it is going to drop that countries to be. it's going to destroy more infrastructure by continuing to artificially prolong it this week. the united states congress to, we've all established is pretty much running to showing in europe, began negotiating on a $40000000000.00 appropriations bill for ukraine. and that if you do the math and that that amounts to about a $100000000.00 per day, which is if you blow up to the whole year is 6 times the military budget of ukraine . so we're giving them capabilities that they would never be able to have to fight a war. that realistically, we all understand. they can't win in for 12 week in russia. and this is going to blow back. another thing that i think people have to talk about honestly, it's not as, as pressing is the outright militarization ukraine and then the military base of brushes, border, for example, it's been lind decides to join nato. but the potential for blow back, because i think that ukraine is goi

wyatt or german soldiers and ukraine. and i think, you know, i'm not saying that that's what i want to happen. of course, i don't want to escalation of anything in ukraine, but it should be critical when all they're doing is sending weapons, literally fighting the war at the last ukrainian. i mean, and i think if you look at it, and i mean it's, it's actually pretty stance there because that will just the story that country. and that's why we need to be, you know, doing anything to foster a diplomatic feasible solution to what's going on there. which, by the way, it could have also happened before it broke out to begin with the course. but the policy that the superstate or that you guys mentioned are pursuing to you know, kind of consolidate the european security architecture by, you know, getting finland suite into joining nato. this is absolutely ridiculous. yeah. i mean, this is, this is a policy that is and you get a goal, the human life on this planet. and i think that reasonable people. ready should be standing up i

in atrocities in the city of butcher in ukraine. but in fact, i have not left the territory of the city of your cosca for more than a year. so at 1st i was shocked, and then i decided not to attach any important stating that then the threats against me and my family began. they wrote me, my wife and my sister company, i am a victim of an information worth. it is illegal and dishonest to do so to the civilian population, which is not to blame for anything or the butch and narrative was far from the only one ukrainian talking heads are trying to wipe the dust off and return to the headlines. at the very outset of the war, ukrainian sauce is propagated, the legend over ukrainian military pilot, whose deadliness was matched only by his elusiveness, this anonymous phantom ace, even got his o nickname, the ghost of ki, of ah, ah ah, it soon became obvious for every rational human being, this was nothing but a fable tailored to keep up the morale of ukrainian forces and citizens alike. it took months for cave officially to finally admit to

give them to ukraine for ukraine to use this money to rebuild our country. to reconstruct our country, after all, the damage inflicted on us among the key issues facing the international community is the threat to food supplies. much of the world's grain comes from ukraine, but the russian blockade means very little is leaving the country together was just 7 to day. we discussed ways how to lift this blockade, how to make sure that ukrainian agricultural products will make it to the global markets, especially to africa and to asian countries. we look here for food security, of african countries, of asian countries. and everyone who depends on per, on, on supplies from ukraine, food weapons, sanctions. these are the concrete questions for the g 7 diplomats is they way their options. they're also determined to show that though the war drags on, they stand together to jerusalem. now where thousands of mourners have paid their final respects to the veteran al jazeera journalist, sharina, i will actually, the u. s. palestinian reporter was shot dead under dispute

it is up to ukraine whether they want tojoin it is up to ukraine whether they want to join nato and when, it is up to ukraine whether they want tojoin nato and when, and whether they are already prepared. it is up to the allies, the allied countries to decide. it doesn't seem that it countries to decide. it doesn't seem thatitis countries to decide. it doesn't seem that it is going to be very, very soon, but it is possible in the case of finland and sweden shows we can do it very fast if we want to do. indeed, that leads nicely to my next question. we are seeing how fast this can be done. are you more fearful of security in poland and other parts of europe? are you more fearful of russia if sweden and finland tojoin or less fearful of russia if sweden and finland to join or less fearful of what russia could do next? {iii what russia could do next? of course, it is a good decision to have new allies in our club. it would have a very positive impact, not only on regional security in the baltic sea region which poland is part of, but for the entire nato. i am absolutely not fearful, just op

to facilitate this applies to ukraine. on a sunday us house of representatives, speaker nancy pelosi paid a surprise visit to key f to personally reassure ukraine's president of washington support legal de leon. you can say that you are the source of tension over ukraine is an ongoing build up of nato troops in countries bordering russia and bella roost. poland has launched military exercises with his nato allies on sunday. is comes just days after russia's foreign intelligence chief warned that the polish government is considering annexing parts of western ukraine, where poland had historically controlled some territory with daniel mac, adams, the executive director of the ron paul institute for peace and prosperity stays. western countries shouldn't be ignoring putin's warnings over there meddling in ukraine. one thing that's been very consistent this entire time is that president putin has done what he said he's going to do. this goes back to december when the new documents for a new security architecture. when reduce t

not only in ukraine but throughout the world. yesterday, vladimir putin watched as the russian military paraded through red square to commemorate victory in the second world war. instead of honoring, however, those who defeated fascism, putin repeated his lies about the purpose of his criminal and unprovoked war against ukraine. putin, like hitler and stalin before him, has denigrated the law, humanitarian principles, morals, and any kind of status in the world. we know why putin invaded ukraine. not to free its people. they were free. they are free. not to protect russian speakers. they were protected with all the rights and security of free citizens in a nation of laws. in fact, i suggested that the u.n. send observers into eastern ukraine to protect russian speakers. russia was not only under no threat from ukraine but not from any nato nation either. no, the plain truth is that vladimir putin ordered the invasion of ukraine because he wanted to consolidate and expand his own power and his control over russia. in sum, he wants

he's also ukraine's agent in the i c. j. case against russia on allegations of genocide in the hague. i'm pleased to welcome to the program tonight. anton court in of it is good to have you on the program. tonight, i want to just get your reaction to the video that has been obtained by the media. what do you, what, what do you see there? good evening from key brand. well actually it's no surprise. we all here in ukraine know that the commission of war crimes and the commission of crimes in particular by russian soldiers against ukrainian civilians in the outskirts of ki, of in butcher being thomas in danica. and actually in many, many other places, they are now being fixed and documented by ukraine, prosecutors by investigators from a foreign states who came here on the side to war, to gather evidence, to seek and document everything. this so way, things that sooner than later, a lot more of such evidence on camera by international media or ukrainian media will come to the arena and we'll see more of the atrocities committed

getting ukraine weapons it needs to defeat moscow's offense of is paramount to ukraine's efforts to defend its territory and safeguard european security. congress has correctly recognized that a successful defense of ukraine is in u.s. interest and has appropriated more than $14 billion for ukraine. support for ukraine has become a bipartisan issue on capitol hill, but the aid needs to be sent quickly underwrite efficiently if it is going to provide maximum benefits to the ukrainian cause. that is why the lent-lease act of 2022 that senators cardin and gordon champion -- cornyn champion is so important. this event is hosted by the eurasia center end the scope cropped center -- and the scow croft center. i want to thank john and barry, the senior director of the center. thank you for your leadership and for your supporting ukraine in their fight. it is time for me to turn the floor over to our moderator, tom ward, a nonresident senior fellow at the center for strategy and security and also the director of forward defense practice, a dhs project which addresses threats to homeland security.

but the war and ukraine as well. it wasn't, it was today, you are defending what our grandfathers and great grandfathers fought for, that the most important thing in their lives was the prosperity and security of their homeland glory to a heroic military, the latter, russia vig, run them, seal m, as that i, c u z by b a do. $11000.00 soldiers, many of whom have reportedly already served in the don bass region. and lots of military hardware potent again spoke of neo nazis and ukraine, and accused nato of threatening russia. blocked nathan nigel act. he where russia has given a preemptive rebuff to the blocks aggression up western this, it was force them new, timely. and on the right you see she shut the decision of a sovereign strong and will, a will. and independent countryman, there e. dear, through the private nation, hundreds of thousands of people then took to the streets and moscow, and another cities carrying pictures of those who took part in world war 2. historically, civil society used these matches as an al

ukraine's sovereignty. and we also totally trust their ability to take the decisions on, for instance, when and how to engage in negotiations with russia and what kind of solutions they can accept. that's for ukraine to decide. what we should do is to support ukraine militarily, economically, financially and in many other ways. when you say it's for ukraine to decide, does that mean that you give president zelensky and his government, in a sense, the right to define exactly when and how this war should end? and if he says, "we push on with this war, "we don't negotiate, we continue until we've liberated "every inch of our territory, including crimea, then nato will back him and nato will offer open—ended, massive military assistance until that is achieved. is that what you're telling me? the nato has supported ukraine since 2014. nato allies have provided equipment, training, support, financial and other types of support, and also actually impose sanctions on russia since 2014. and we are ready to continu

it's important to ceasefire in ukraine and to completely clean ukraine from russian soldiers and russian troops. well, on that point, sergeii marchenko, the finance minister of ukraine, i really appreciate your time. good luck with everything, sergeii. take care. stay safe and i'll talk to you soon. the war in ukraine has, of course, cost thousands of lives, but it has also already caused tens of billions of dollars of damage. and that number, it's growing every day. the destruction ranges from roads and bridges to factories and apartment blocks, and the cost of rebuilding all of that when the fighting is over will be enormous. and ukraine simply can't afford it all by itself. but one organisation that's already looking at how it can help is the european bank for reconstruction and development, known as the ebrd. it was set up to help rebuild central and eastern europe after the fall of communism in russia 30 years ago. so i've come to its headquarters here in london to catch up with its president. 0dile renaud—basso. thank you so much for your time. much appreciated. 0dile, can we sta

in ukraine. in addition to the $14 billion congress authorized a month ago this bill passes the u.s. will have authorized roughly $60 billion in total spending for ukraine for those who say this is not enough, for those in this chamber who say our military spending is never enough, let's put $60 billion into perspective. a security assistance of the simpson center, become the largest military aid of the past two decades. except of the top five countries $68 billion is more than every other country in the world spends on their entire military expenditures. if this gift to ukraine passes the total aid to ukraine will almost equaled the military budget of russia. sunset wey have the money lying around to borrow that money from china to send it to ukraine. the cost of this package we are on today is more than thest u.s. spent during the first year of the u.s. conflict in afghanistan. congress authorized force and the president sent troops into the conflict. this proposal towers over domestic prioriti

even those that predate the conflict in ukraine, invoking the impact of the ukraine conflict on energy and prices. as we look at the global gdp, it's hard right now to see how we avoid a recession. but wait a minute, i think marginalizing rush economy supposed to be a minor detail or russia now being set up to take the blame for extinction made by western leaders themselves. putin's invasion of ukraine has driven up gas prices and food prices all over the world. ukraine and russia are the one and 2 largest wheat producers in the world where 3 they are shut down. we saw that in yesterday's inflation data. but western media headlines all throughout buy in change is told and walk the delicate line on inflation cnn that same month. it's joe biden. inflation said the wall street journal in march of this year, but not according to joe biden. it isn't. it felt and united nations secretary general antonio debt is also set last week that russia is causing global hunger and uneven recovery from the pandemic. as already puts many developing countries on the brink of dep default and restrictive se

ukraine without ukraine. so absolutely not. this is an iron principle that easily brings it. meanwhile, russia is boosting it's offensive in the don bass, in lieu hands grievance in eastern ukraine. the russian defense ministry says it attacked military targets, but news reports say civilian areas were hit as well. meanwhile, the ukrainian government has ruled out any ceasefire concessions to moscow so long as the fighting continues. let's get an assessment of what's happening on the ground. now d. w correspondent mathias brinninger is in cramming tours in eastern ukraine. a few dozen kilometers for the fighting. i asked him whether president zalinski was right in describing situation as extremely difficult. absolutely, whomever you talk to, whether it's soldiers or civilians living in these places. everybody tells you the situation is extremely tense, more tense than they have a more tense than at any time in the past where maybe not the beginning of this conflict 8 years ago. but in the meantime, in the pas

we see vocal calls for outright victory in ukraine. max mist goals, and he's going to have to balance those two things. the important thing to note out of these two speeches is just because he didn't mobilize forces today doesn't mean he won't at a later date. that's still something he can pull on if he feels he is faltering and needs that replenishment to sustain russia's efforts in ukraine. >> we shouldn't rule that out. >>> don't rule it out. i won wonder looking agent the historical content of the day, when you look at the soviet sacrifice in world war ii, you're talking about so many millions of deaths and in a way, russia has this pride of that, the sacrifice that was made. they don't forget that. they take pride in the strength they exhibited and you know, that they pushed back the nazis, they take pride in that. i wonder if that transfers to what's going on in ukraine. does that pride, does that will still exist when it comes to what we're seeing in ukraine or is this a whole different ball of wax? >> the ukrainians also take p

but putin did not actually mention ukraine by name and he did not declare our broader war in ukraine as some have predicted. he spoke as some lawmakers, u.s. lawmakers, are openly describing the fighting in ukraine as a proxy war between the united states and russia. meanwhile, ukrainian president zelenskyy, the united states, the group of seven leaders announced a new round of sanctions against russia sunday, including a ban or phase out of russia oil imports. also on sunday, u.s. first lady jill biden made an unannounced mother's day trip where she visited a school and met with the first lady of ukraine, who appeared in public for the first time since russia's invasion. for more, we're joined by anatol lieven, senior fellow at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. his latest piece is headlined "giving ukraine into on russian generals is a risky gamble. he is author of a number of books on russia and the former soviet republics, including "ukraine and russia." his recent piece in the guardian is headlined "ukraine is already winning: victory can be achieved without riskin

supporting ukraine. of course they will talk about weapons. export is, well, a germany has been taking no more active role, not only when it comes to supplying this heavy weapons, but also training ukrainian soldiers on german soil on the system that germany is supplying as the pressure is increasing not only from the position but also from the government parties, it all our shows was attending, attended to day and meeting of the defense committee of the german a parliament. weather was also some, a pressure from the f t p from the pro business f t p party for him to be quicker with his announcement, and not just promised this weapons for ukraine, but actually delivering them as soon as possible. the w political correspondent, benjamin of ours group reporting. thank you. well, a russian soldier is on trial in ukraine in the 1st war, crimes case since moscow's invasion began. vadim as stones accused of killing an unarmed civilian during the 1st week of the war. 2 other cases are expected to be heard in th

assistants to the ukraine military. sorb tell cnn that the united states helped ukraine to obtain information to -- this is clearly a sensitive issue for the pentagon. what can you tell us? it very much is a sensitive issue, at is pretty much all of the intelligence sharing, the pipeline going back and north. it's the entire biden administration, they've been very careful when it comes to this issue, not only about the intelligence that's shared, but what's said about the intelligence. sources familiar with this situation tell cnn they thought think the moskva, but they asked the u.s. for confirmation, according to these sources and the sources said yes, the u.s. confirmed it was the "moskva" that they were looking at. it was after that that ukraine took a shot between two neptune missiles, eventually sinking it as the russians tried to tow it back to port. the pentagon has pushed back on any nothing that it was involved in the decision to strike the ship, or here's john kirby. >> we did not provide specific targeting i

and in fact, florida for please in ukraine, we appeal for an immediate cease fire and ukraine for the adoption of dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the problem. so thought india has been consistent on its approach towards more school. it has taken its a started good, traditional dance, riches chatting on strategic partnerships. the more school it has a why did you in fact, all the wards in the united nations security council. it abstained from working against russia on his last spot on his last trip. in b europe, each robin still more be really be visiting france and meeting president emmanuel marker. he's been recently re elected geopolitical analyst school race. shake believes that india will not bow to western pressure to change its dumps on the korean conflicts or anything else. mr. macaroni more more, the very well. what that what did you bring? what is his current policy? so nobody can, should raise a prime minister like that in there will be for head people, lot of support in india. new believe the way to the bank in front of the pictures because the be, i believe in the freedo

and thus, to firmly support ukraine in pursuing its european path. ukraine belongs in to the european family. all right, we wanna go now to eastern ukraine. i'm joined now by a corresponded mathias, berlin. he is in the city of chroma, tolorisk to night. my tears, this war is entering its 4th month now a countless ukrainians are dealing with their own personal trauma. how are people they're coping well, obviously there's nobody in the country unaffected by this war. but of course there are kid. there are people who are experiencing more difficult situations, more cruelties and others who are a bit further from the frontline. everybody has their own strategies of dealing with, as with what i can observe here in the east of the country are fighting, has been intense since the beginning and where it is intensifying. we are seeing, of course, the people who are really on the brink of their nerves. we see we, we happen to ask people like, how are you, how are you doing or, or simple questions and they will break out in tears while they talk. others are more composed. this is depends, of co

have changed in ukraine? >> one of the main critiques of the world economic forum is that it's a chance for the rich and powerful to get together and pay lip service to a lot of different issues, without actually moving the needle on a lot of these things. so on a macro level, it will be a bit of waiting in to see. there's a large delegation of ukrainians, the second largest delegation after the united states here on the ground. they are going after very targeted funding goals, looking for money, for partners, for support to help reconstruct ukraine once the war is over. these are very motivated people and this is certainly the right environment to talk to the people that can help out with that. brent: our correspondent in davos, switzerland for us. here are some of the other stories that are making headlines. connected to the war in ukraine, former german chancellor gerhard schroder has turned down a seat on the board of the russian energy country gazprom. that's according to a post on his linkedin site. he

invasion of ukraine. he worked for moscow's mission to the united nations in geneva. he has written tcollies condemning russia's war and he has expressed his shame. starbucks is pulling out of the russian market. the seattle coffee giant has announced it is closing all of its 130 stores in russia. the brand said it would keep the stores open but donate profits to humanitarian relief efforts in ukraine. mcdonald's exited the russian markets last week. hungary has refused to back a ban on russian oil unless more cash is provided for its energy infrastructure. budapest is blocking a sixth package of european union sanctions which must be unanimously approved by the 20 seven member states. the world health organization has warned that cases of monkeypox are spreading rapidly. more than 100 cases have been reported here in europe as well as north america. officials say this outbreak can be contained and there is no evidence of the virus mutating. health authorities announced their first cases. this comes as mo

and he has not achieved his strategic goals in ukraine. the goal was to take kyiv, decapitate the government, and control the country. he has been forced to withdraw his forces from the north of the country. russian forces have been pushed out of the region, and the offense in donbass is moving very slowly. i'm not predicting the outcome of this war. no one can do that. but i'm only saying the obvious thing, that russia did not achieve its goals in ukraine. this plan was a short military operation. it is a long, costly war for russia. we welcome the fact that sweden -- finland and sweden have applied for nato membership. i am confident that we will be able to address the concerns that have in expressed and we will be able to welcome finland and sweden as members of our alliance. >> just a follow-up on finland and sweden, two countries that you know very well and neighbors of norway, where you were prime minister for a decade. you say you are welcoming them, and i believe that is welcome in helsinki, but not in ankara. how do you deal with

and what we could see here is a whole new ukraine agreeing ukraine, a new model for the world. and you energy partner for germany. ukraine has huge wind resources. the country is doubled, the size geographically of germany, and it's in a great location. it could supply europe with so much green energy with hydrogen green hydrogen. you've heard that mentioned by the commission president just then. it was also mentioned by zalinski yesterday in his address. there's a lot that ukraine has to offer as well. all this discussion about reconstruction, of course in ukraine is predicated on the notion that rusher will be kept at bay somehow that that the country will be have sufficient security that will accommodate that kind of reconstruction. so when we heard from ursula on the line there, we talked, we did hear a lot about reconstruction. we also heard about russia about russia's aggression and the need to, to address that aggression respond to it in some way. we heard present zalinski addressing the form yesterday, again calling for more sanctions, more embargo for the withdrawal of

ambassador is a native of ukraine and a graduate of the national university of kyiv academy in ukraine. then she came to the u.s. for her masters in public finance and trade indiana university. ambassador works in the private sector for joint be a gradient civil service years as ukraine's finance minister from 2018 -- 2020. then she became ambassador to the u.s. in february of 2021. and i also must add the ambassador as a mother of four. i am in awe of everything she does so again welcome. now for the ground rules here on the record here, please, no live blogging or tweeting in short no filing of any kind while our coffee is underway. in the new embargo once the session ends at 3:00 p.m. we will e-mail pictures and a rough transcript of this event to all reporters here shortly after the coffee ends. and as many of you know if you'd like to ask a question please send me a signal i will call on his many of you as time permits. note madame ambassador if you like to make opening remarks, the floor is yours briefly or if you'd like i could go ahead and do questions for. >> thank you, thank

that ukraine's forces have also made gains. they say this footage shows a strike against the russian military on the black sea snake island combat has intensified in east in ukraine. but british and u. s. military sources say ukrainian counter offensive ne, her kid is advancing and could even push russian forces back across the border for the ukrainians. living in or under cities, reduced to rubble. that can't happen soon enough. the u. s. first lady jill bite has made a surprise visit to ukraine. during her 2 hour trip, jill biden met ukraine's 1st lady elaine. as the lance got out of school in the town of as a raj near the border with the vakio. earlier the us 1st lady met refugees and volunteers at a center in one of the boxes named transit points for those fleeing the wall. well, let's get the latest from washington d. c. and check in with carrying that she boy, what message did jill barton want to send by going to ukraine carlita? her main message was of course, a message of a support of solidarity, especially with women a

we visited ukraine. not long before the invasion where the colleagues in the bipartisan trip said to president zelenskyy are you fearful about a russian invasion it was january of this year. and he said the russian invasion began in 2014. the russian invasion has been ongoing and has killed 14000 of our people. this latest threat of an assault on ukraine is just another phase of the same more. and the ukrainian people have fought on behalf of democracy fornd these years and they have lost blood, lives, treasure. i we have an obligation to stand strong for our democracy. we are proud to south our colleagues in favor of using the proceeds of selling oligarch ill begotten gains their fight for freedom their effort to reconstruct the country. i like to yield the floor back to, or my colleague hopefully answered his question. suppose the question to my colleague from rhode island, will the proceeds from the sale of these ill-gotten gains potentially benefit ukraine in a way that will be meaningful and will he

in easton, ukraine? the situation that it's really difficult you established a full picture, but one thing is certain that fighting rages on. however, it's not just an advancement that's been made over the past couple of weeks since of the russian forces have drawn from key of it's not just the russian forces we have made some advanced met, advancements, the southern end of the eastern part of ukraine. also hearing that actually ukrainian forces stepping up, trying to actually have a counter offensive underway in the north, east and politics ukraine our own. how to keep trying to actually make sure that the russian forces redraw from these villages. not basically not trying to avoid that. they take hot key, which was really the risk of the past weeks. it seems like that the ukraine and forces are succeeding in trying to keep the rushing forces away from hockey. but that situation and a picture all over remains quite blurry, in fact, so on the observer say that it seems like this is going to be a very pro

than a nuclear weapon to ukraine. insane. here is the link to the bill and the statutory definition of defensive article, the bill references i voted no. now this all comes as the bind administration is already signed off on more than $3700000000.00 and funding for ukraine. it's calling on congress for an additional 3x3b2xb of that will be given directly to the ukrainian military. now this legal aid is new and unprecedented, and it's also reason concerns about whether the u. s. will still have weapons to defend itself here at home after it's done sending off supplies to ukraine. we just burned through 7 years worth of javelin, and that's not only important as we continue to try and help ukrainians when in ukraine. that's important as we try to simultaneously defend taiwan from aggression from the chinese communist party. they're going to need access to some of these same weapon systems, and we simply don't have the stockpiles at present in order to backfill what we've spent in ukraine. now all of this comes as reports have no